After the Egyptian revolution, the hope from freedom of expression lingers until a series of arrests begins. People are arrested leaving behind families, wives and lovers who become critically affected by the loss of their beloveds.

Mostafa Bassim

Post-revolutionary Social Change in Egypt, Egypt

For many youths in Egypt, free expression is not only repressed in the political sphere but also within their own local communities. Family, acquaintances, religious leaders and employers, launch public smear campaigns against those who do not follow social norms. Many find themselves ostracized, subject to harassment and in danger of losing their jobs as a result.

Roy Saade

Dalieh; On the Edge, Lebanon

This project is about a place called "Dalieh of Raouche", a place on the edge of disappearing. But more importantly, it is about people who think Dalieh is their last and only escape. How do they engage in this public space and what will its future look like?

Sara Sallam

Hide and Seek, Egypt

This photo-documentary follows two young boys as they lose their awareness of the nature and significance of a graveyard. Full of many secret places to hide, amid graves and tombs, they see the place develop as their natural playground. Juxtaposed with insights from the Pharaonic perspective on afterlife, the project attempts to question the inseparable yet subtle relationship between life and death.

Nadia Bseiso

Infertile Crescent, Jordan

The project describes the reality of what was once called the cradle of civilization. In a region that is no longer "fertile", the crescent is burning in turmoil. This project endeavors to explore the 180 km route of the controversial Dead-Red Sea salvation pipeline that is to supply Jordan with much needed water, by tracing the places it will cross.

Youcef Krache

El Houma, Algeria

El Houma is a district or neighborhood with a specificity that stems from its French colonial history but transcends it. The project aims to photograph Algerians in their traditional environment in their Houma, exploring their characters, habits, stereotypes and how modernity is influencing such specificities.

Mehdy Mariouch

Bribes de Vie, Morocco

A photographical project about a deserted mine in the eastern-most part of Morocco. The so-called “Black Faces” inhabiting this part of the country came from all over Morocco. Many found themselves jobless after the place closed in 2000. The project tells the stories of those that have no choice but to seriously risk their lives to earn more.

Muhammad Salah

Who Said White Is Better?, Sudan

Skin bleaching is the most peculiar social phenomena in Sudan of the last 25 years. The project aims is to document the life of 20-30 years old females in Khartoum in their personal struggles around stories of skin bleaching.

Carmen Yahchouchi

Beyond Sacrifice, Lebanon

The project represents a daring portrayal of often forgotten Lebanese women who live lives of celibacy, mostly dedicating their time to helping others. Their life is one long dreary monotonous chapter. These women give up their youth, hopes and happiness, to some sense of duty, and when those for whom they sacrifice everything die, they are left utterly alone.